Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were obtained from buffy coats by Ficoll density centrifugation, from healthy donors (Etablissement Français du Sang, Paris Saint-Antoine-Crozatier, France) or untreated SSc patients (Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France) after informed consent. The study was approved by the local institutional review board and the Comité de Protection des Personnes Ile-de France VII (CPP Ouest-1, reference 2017-A03380-53). pDCs were negatively selected with EasySep™ Human Plasmacytoid DC Enrichment Kit (Stem cell, Grenoble, France). The purity of isolated pDCs, verified by flow cytometry using PE-Vio770-BDCA2 (Miltenyi Biotec), ECD-CD123 (Beckman Coulter, Villepinte, France), was >90%.
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